Notes #3 An Introduction to Servant Leadership

Servant Leadership.  What is it?  Do you know?  A lot of people may have heard the term in recent years, but do they really understand what it means?  Or is it just the latest leadership buzz word? 

While the basic concept of servant leadership has been around for a long time, the modern usage of it started in 1970 with the publication of an essay entitled “The Servant as Leader” by Robert Greenleaf, who is considered the modern originator of the concept.  From that concept he further developed it and others have also come along, including Larry Spears, Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Max De Pree and others who have added and expanded on it.